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settlement

/ˈset(ə)lmənt/📚 2180 4四级六级考研雅思高考

A settlement is an official agreement between two sides who were involved in a conflict or argument. ^协议

Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
我们的目标必须是确保达成一个和平协议。

“ -ment” ⌜ 表示动作或状态的结果 - indicating the result of an action or state ~ ⌟

settlement 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）: Lesson 17 A man-made disease settlement 名词: 新拓居地; Lesson 35 Space odyssey

单词造句:

网友用“Settlement”造句精选: She accepted an out-of-court settlement of $40,000. 她接受了4万美元庭外和解。; ...ways to delay the settlement of debts. …拖延债务清偿的办法。; The village is a settlement of just fifty houses. 这个村子是个仅有50家住户的定居地。; They mediated a settlement. 他们找到了一个解决方案。; An amicable settlement was reached. 已达成和解。

源自settle/ˈset(ə)l/vi. 定居；下陷；解决；沉淀

In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers unwisely introduced the European rabbit.^{the settlement of …的殖民（过程）}
Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine villages tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains. ^{settlement n. a small community 小的居住区}
The first permanent English settlement in North America was Jamestown. ^{北美第一个永久性英国殖民地是詹姆斯敦。}
The media played up the prospects for a settlement. ^{媒体夸大了和解的前景。}
The village is a settlement of just fifty houses. ^{这个村子是个仅有50家住户的定居地。}

colony ^{殖民地 (n. 外来人侵占的)}	India was formerly a British colony before gaining independence. ^{印度在获得独立之前曾是英国的殖民地。}
settler ^{开垦荒地的人；定居者 (n.)}	In the early days of the settlement of Australia, enterprising settlers introduced the European rabbit. ^{在澳大利亚殖民的早期，有进取心的定居者不明智地引进了欧洲兔子。}
colonist ^{殖民者；（在殖民地）定居者 (n.)}	The early colonists faced many dangers in the new world. ^{早期的殖民者在新世界面临许多危险。}
colonial ^{殖民地的，殖民的 (adj.)}	Many countries threw off colonial rule in the 20th century. ^{许多国家在20世纪摆脱了殖民统治。}
semi-colonial and semi-feudal society ^{半殖民地半封建社会}	Historians often use the term semi-colonial and semi-feudal society to describe China's past. ^{历史学家常用“半殖民地半封建社会”来描述中国的过去。}
out-of-court settlement ^{庭外解决/和解 (n.)}	The two parties reached an amicable out-of-court settlement. ^{双方达成了友好的庭外和解。}
settle sth. out of court ^{庭外解决某事 (phr.)}	The lawyers advised their client to settle the dispute out of court. ^{律师建议他们的客户庭外解决争端。}